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Everything Matters! by Ron Currie
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Everything Matters!

A Novel

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Length 12 hours 58 minutes
Language English
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In infancy, Junior Thibodeaux is encoded with a prophesy: a comet will obliterate life on Earth in thirty-six years. Alone in this knowledge, he comes of age in rural Maine grappling with the question: Does anything I do matter? While the voice that has accompanied him since conception appraises his choices, Junior's loved ones emerge with parallel stories-his anxious mother; his brother, a cocaine addict turned pro-baseball phenomenon; his exalted father, whose own mortality summons Junior's best and worst instincts; and Amy, the love of Junior's life and a North Star to his journey through romance and heartbreak, drug-addled despair, and superheroic feats that could save humanity. While our recognizable world is transformed into a bizarre nation at endgame, where government agents conspire in subterranean bunkers, preparing citizens for emigration from a doomed planet, Junior's final triumph confounds all expectation, building to an astonishing and deeply moving resolution. Ron Currie, Jr., gets to the heart of character, and the voices who narrate this uniquely American tour de force leave an indelible, exhilarating impression.

Ron CurrieĀ is the author of the novelsĀ Everything Matters!Ā andĀ Flimsy Little Plastic MiraclesĀ and the short story collectionĀ God Is Dead, which was the winner of the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award. In 2009, he received the Addison M. Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. He lives in Portland, Maine.

Abby CradenĀ is an award-winning stage and film actress and can be seen in the Emmy Award-winning documentaryĀ Bloody Thursday. She holds an Earphones Award fromĀ AudioFile MagazineĀ and was named "One of 2012ā€™s Best Voices." Her voice can be heard in commercials, animation, video games, and audiobooks.

Mark Deakinsā€™ television appearances includeĀ Buffy the Vampire SlayerĀ andĀ Star TrekĀ®: Voyager.Ā His film credits includeĀ The Devilā€™s AdvocateĀ andĀ Star TrekĀ®: Insurrection.Ā He is the writer, director, and producer of the short filmĀ The Smith Interviews.

Lincoln HoppeĀ is an accomplished actor of stage and screen with numerous films, plays, television shows, and audiobooks to his credit. His diverse voice characterizations can be heard in animated films, video games, and commercials across the globe. He is a member of the Los Angeles Comedy Sportz improv company.

Hillary Huber has recorded hundreds of titles spanning many genres.Ā  She is a multiple Audie Award Finalist, an Earphones Award winner, and an AudioFile Best Voice.Ā  Hillary has a BA in English Literature and is a voracious reader and listener of audiobooks.Ā  Hillary now splits her time between LA and NY.

Ron CurrieĀ is the author of the novelsĀ Everything Matters!Ā andĀ Flimsy Little Plastic MiraclesĀ and the short story collectionĀ God Is Dead, which was the winner of the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award. In 2009, he received the Addison M. Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. He lives in Portland, Maine.

Abby CradenĀ is an award-winning stage and film actress and can be seen in the Emmy Award-winning documentaryĀ Bloody Thursday. She holds an Earphones Award fromĀ AudioFile MagazineĀ and was named "One of 2012ā€™s Best Voices." Her voice can be heard in commercials, animation, video games, and audiobooks.

Mark Deakinsā€™ television appearances includeĀ Buffy the Vampire SlayerĀ andĀ Star TrekĀ®: Voyager.Ā His film credits includeĀ The Devilā€™s AdvocateĀ andĀ Star TrekĀ®: Insurrection.Ā He is the writer, director, and producer of the short filmĀ The Smith Interviews.

Lincoln HoppeĀ is an accomplished actor of stage and screen with numerous films, plays, television shows, and audiobooks to his credit. His diverse voice characterizations can be heard in animated films, video games, and commercials across the globe. He is a member of the Los Angeles Comedy Sportz improv company.

Hillary Huber has recorded hundreds of titles spanning many genres.Ā  She is a multiple Audie Award Finalist, an Earphones Award winner, and an AudioFile Best Voice.Ā  Hillary has a BA in English Literature and is a voracious reader and listener of audiobooks.Ā  Hillary now splits her time between LA and NY.

Ron CurrieĀ is the author of the novelsĀ Everything Matters!Ā andĀ Flimsy Little Plastic MiraclesĀ and the short story collectionĀ God Is Dead, which was the winner of the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award. In 2009, he received the Addison M. Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. He lives in Portland, Maine.

Abby CradenĀ is an award-winning stage and film actress and can be seen in the Emmy Award-winning documentaryĀ Bloody Thursday. She holds an Earphones Award fromĀ AudioFile MagazineĀ and was named "One of 2012ā€™s Best Voices." Her voice can be heard in commercials, animation, video games, and audiobooks.

Mark Deakinsā€™ television appearances includeĀ Buffy the Vampire SlayerĀ andĀ Star TrekĀ®: Voyager.Ā His film credits includeĀ The Devilā€™s AdvocateĀ andĀ Star TrekĀ®: Insurrection.Ā He is the writer, director, and producer of the short filmĀ The Smith Interviews.

Lincoln HoppeĀ is an accomplished actor of stage and screen with numerous films, plays, television shows, and audiobooks to his credit. His diverse voice characterizations can be heard in animated films, video games, and commercials across the globe. He is a member of the Los Angeles Comedy Sportz improv company.

Hillary Huber has recorded hundreds of titles spanning many genres.Ā  She is a multiple Audie Award Finalist, an Earphones Award winner, and an AudioFile Best Voice.Ā  Hillary has a BA in English Literature and is a voracious reader and listener of audiobooks.Ā  Hillary now splits her time between LA and NY.

Ron CurrieĀ is the author of the novelsĀ Everything Matters!Ā andĀ Flimsy Little Plastic MiraclesĀ and the short story collectionĀ God Is Dead, which was the winner of the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award. In 2009, he received the Addison M. Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. He lives in Portland, Maine.

Abby CradenĀ is an award-winning stage and film actress and can be seen in the Emmy Award-winning documentaryĀ Bloody Thursday. She holds an Earphones Award fromĀ AudioFile MagazineĀ and was named "One of 2012ā€™s Best Voices." Her voice can be heard in commercials, animation, video games, and audiobooks.

Mark Deakinsā€™ television appearances includeĀ Buffy the Vampire SlayerĀ andĀ Star TrekĀ®: Voyager.Ā His film credits includeĀ The Devilā€™s AdvocateĀ andĀ Star TrekĀ®: Insurrection.Ā He is the writer, director, and producer of the short filmĀ The Smith Interviews.

Lincoln HoppeĀ is an accomplished actor of stage and screen with numerous films, plays, television shows, and audiobooks to his credit. His diverse voice characterizations can be heard in animated films, video games, and commercials across the globe. He is a member of the Los Angeles Comedy Sportz improv company.

Hillary Huber has recorded hundreds of titles spanning many genres.Ā  She is a multiple Audie Award Finalist, an Earphones Award winner, and an AudioFile Best Voice.Ā  Hillary has a BA in English Literature and is a voracious reader and listener of audiobooks.Ā  Hillary now splits her time between LA and NY.

Ron CurrieĀ is the author of the novelsĀ Everything Matters!Ā andĀ Flimsy Little Plastic MiraclesĀ and the short story collectionĀ God Is Dead, which was the winner of the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award. In 2009, he received the Addison M. Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. He lives in Portland, Maine.

Abby CradenĀ is an award-winning stage and film actress and can be seen in the Emmy Award-winning documentaryĀ Bloody Thursday. She holds an Earphones Award fromĀ AudioFile MagazineĀ and was named "One of 2012ā€™s Best Voices." Her voice can be heard in commercials, animation, video games, and audiobooks.

Mark Deakinsā€™ television appearances includeĀ Buffy the Vampire SlayerĀ andĀ Star TrekĀ®: Voyager.Ā His film credits includeĀ The Devilā€™s AdvocateĀ andĀ Star TrekĀ®: Insurrection.Ā He is the writer, director, and producer of the short filmĀ The Smith Interviews.

Lincoln HoppeĀ is an accomplished actor of stage and screen with numerous films, plays, television shows, and audiobooks to his credit. His diverse voice characterizations can be heard in animated films, video games, and commercials across the globe. He is a member of the Los Angeles Comedy Sportz improv company.

Hillary Huber has recorded hundreds of titles spanning many genres.Ā  She is a multiple Audie Award Finalist, an Earphones Award winner, and an AudioFile Best Voice.Ā  Hillary has a BA in English Literature and is a voracious reader and listener of audiobooks.Ā  Hillary now splits her time between LA and NY.

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Reviews

"Mr. Currie is a startlingly talented writer whose book will pay no heed to ordinary narrative conventions.... He survives the inevitable, apt comparisons to Kurt Vonnegut and writes in a tenderly mordant voice of his own.... Throughout the story there is the sheer delight of Mr. Currie's fresh, joltingly funny imagery.... Above all "Everything Matters!" radiates writerly confidence. The excitement that drives the reader from page to page is not about the characters. It's about seeing what Mr. Currie will try next."
--Janet Maslin, New York Times

"Currie's novel is extraordinary, a lively narrative that slaloms from the exhilerating to the numinous to the achingly sad, all tied together by the author's sharp, funny voice."
--NPR

"Superb. . . Some scenes make you laugh out loud. There are passages of beauty and wicked turns of phrase. . . marvelously, Currie suffuses his unhappy and disparate characters with salvation."
--The Los Angeles Times

"A hyperbolic adventure story that's got the international intrigue of a Le Carré thriller and the deep humor of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest."
--TimeOut New York

"Everything Matters! contains both a declaration of the possibilities of narrative fiction and, above all, a defense of good old-fashioned human resilience in the face of petty distraction and profound horror."
--The Village Voice

"There's something refreshingly youthful about Currie's eagerness to call out big existential questions that most of us have grown too embarrassed or cynical to ask. . . there's nothing predictable about this story, despite its firm ending date, and Currie repeatedly upends our expectations. . . He's writing for the Slaughterhouse-Five kids (you know who you are), people who respond to that quirky mix of dark humor, moral imperative and science fiction." 
--The Washington Post  Expand reviews
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